Tom Hardy: "I was at a wig-fitting. I was doing a French Foreign Legion film, and I
was going out to North Africa, Morocco. We’d just done 'Black Hawk
Down,' and they shelved that immediately. There were a lot of war films
that year being made. A lot of work was being done in North Africa.
Everyone had started panicking." less

Tom Hardy: "I was at a wig-fitting. I was doing a French Foreign Legion film, and I
was going out to North Africa, Morocco. We’d just done 'Black Hawk
Down,' and they shelved that immediately. There were ... more

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Matt Damon: “I lived in lower Manhattan at the time. So I just remember walking out
of my apartment and seeing it and then going back in and watching CNN
’cause I was so hungry for information, trying to figure out what’s
going on." less

Matt Damon: “I lived in lower Manhattan at the time. So I just remember walking out
of my apartment and seeing it and then going back in and watching CNN
’cause I was so hungry for information, trying to ... more

Tom Brokaw: He told Stephen Colbert he was in upper Manhattan when he received a call that a plane had
hit one of the World Trade Center towers. On his way downtown he heard
on the radio that another plane had hit the second tower, then called his wife to tell her "We're at war." less

Tom Brokaw: He told Stephen Colbert he was in upper Manhattan when he received a call that a plane had
hit one of the World Trade Center towers. On his way downtown he heard
on the radio that another plane ... more

Miranda Lambert: "There was kids leavin' school because their loved ones had been
injured or killed in 9/11. It'll never be forgotten as
long as I live. I'll always remember where I was and that feeling," says Lambert, who was a sophomore in high school.

Miranda Lambert: "There was kids leavin' school because their loved ones had been
injured or killed in 9/11. It'll never be forgotten as
long as I live. I'll always remember where I was and that feeling," ... more

Eric Church: "I was driving into work, the Shop-At-Home Network, I was listening to (former Nashville radio host) Gerry House, I remember that, and the news broke. (I)
really couldn't grasp what had happened until I got to work and saw it
for myself on television. I remember I watched the second plane hit the
tower in real time. I had just moved to Nashville earlier that year,
and all I remember is wanting to go home and be with those I loved.
I'll never, I'll never forget that feeling." less

Eric Church: "I was driving into work, the Shop-At-Home Network, I was listening to (former Nashville radio host) Gerry House, I remember that, and the news broke. (I)
really couldn't grasp what had happened ... more

Sir Paul McCartney: “I was on my way back to England, and we were at JFK on the tarmac, and the pilot just suddenly said, ‘We can’t take off. We’re going to have to go back to base.'"

Sir Paul McCartney: “I was on my way back to England, and we were at JFK on the tarmac, and the pilot just suddenly said, ‘We can’t take off. We’re going to have to go back to base.'"

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Al Pacino: “It was the most terrifying, the most heartbreaking day. I was on a plane the evening before it happened, September 10th. I was in Los Angeles, and all I wanted was to get back to my home . . . New York." less

Al Pacino: “It was the most terrifying, the most heartbreaking day. I was on a plane the evening before it happened, September 10th. I was in Los Angeles, and all I wanted was to get back to my home . . . New ... more

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Perez Hilton: "I woke up, went upstairs to the roof of my building in the West
Village, and saw the World Trade Center with a big hole in it. Then I
fell to my knees. I went downstairs, went running to the bank on
Christopher Street, got all my cash out, went to the supermarket, and
got in hurricane survival mode because I'm from South Florida. I
thought it was the end of the world; I didn't know what to think." less

Perez Hilton: "I woke up, went upstairs to the roof of my building in the West
Village, and saw the World Trade Center with a big hole in it. Then I
fell to my knees. I went downstairs, went running to the ... more

Rascal Flatts Jay Demarcus: "I can remember it like it was yesterday. It's amazing to me to think
that it's been ten years because it's still so vivid in my mind," who with the band was celebrating their first gold album on the day. less

Rascal Flatts Jay Demarcus: "I can remember it like it was yesterday. It's amazing to me to think
that it's been ten years because it's still so vivid in my mind," who with the band was celebrating their ... more

Director Bryce Dallas Howard: "I was on Christopher Street, below the 14th Street line, which is kind
of like the cut-off, and I heard all this noise and opened my windows.
And then we saw the second tower fall, and my husband was sobbing and I
was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going to be late to class!’ I was getting
ready to go outside and my husband was like, ‘Are you out of your
mind?! You’re not going outside right now!’” less

Director Bryce Dallas Howard: "I was on Christopher Street, below the 14th Street line, which is kind
of like the cut-off, and I heard all this noise and opened my windows.
And then we saw the second tower ... more

Cloris Leachman: "I was in my bed when my daughter called me and told me
what was happening. I turned on my TV and I saw it, and of course I was
in LA, perfectly safe, very grateful." Reuters 2004 less

Cloris Leachman: "I was in my bed when my daughter called me and told me
what was happening. I turned on my TV and I saw it, and of course I was
in LA, perfectly safe, very grateful." Reuters ... more

Kate Winslet: "I think it's, you know, it's one of those things that, you know, we'll
all remember where we were when we first heard about the twin towers in
the same way that if you were alive at the time. I do
remember, yes, I was with my daughter Mia, who at the time was 11 months
old, and I had her in a backpack on my back and I was in a big
department store on Tottenham Court Road actually in London with my best
friend, and we were looking for lampshades."

Kate Winslet: "I think it's, you know, it's one of those things that, you know, we'll
all remember where we were when we first heard about the twin towers in
the same way that if you were alive at the time. ... more

Blake Shelton: "As I'm watching the live footage, I saw the other plane come into the
other building and hit it. Whoever the news anchor
was was saying, 'Oh my God, that wasn't a replay. That just happened
too.' It gives me chills talking about it right now." less

Blake Shelton: "As I'm watching the live footage, I saw the other plane come into the
other building and hit it. Whoever the news anchor
was was saying, 'Oh my God, that wasn't a replay. That just happened ... more